Date:	Saturday 18 June 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F.21
Owner/operator:	602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF
Registration:	LA275
MSN:	SMAF4408
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire
Destination airport:	RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire

Narrative:
LA275: Spitfire F.21 MSN SMAF4408. Built by Vickers Armstrong South Marston with Griffon G61 engine. Test flown by Flight Lieutenant Loweth at South Marston for 10 minutes 23-5-45 (possibly first flight?). Delivered to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire by Flying Officer Jones (Air Transport Auxiliary) 7-6-45. First issued to 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex coded 'JX-E' 22-8-45. To 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland coded 'RAI-H' 2-4-48

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot on landing at RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 18-6-49. The pilot noticed that he had no air pressure and so diverted to RAF Abbotsinch, which had a longer runway. The Spitfire overshot the landing, and was damaged when it ran off the end of the runway. Subsequent investigations, post-accident, revealed that the total loss of air pressure was caused by in incorrectly-fitted air pressure pipe becoming disconnected.

Not repaired; accident classified as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and aircraft struck of charge as Cat. E scrap 9-8-49.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.510
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 602 Squadron ORB from 1-6-1946 to 28-2-1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2505: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505143
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p054.html
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79475-la275
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/LA275
8. Photo in 1948: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/raf-spitfire-la275-602-sqn-photograph-514765669
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAF#Post-War
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._602_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Airport#1940

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Mar-2023 08:15	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Aug-2023 21:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated